Cabinet.



`opened to their fullest extent.

EDWARD M. NOLEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

i CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906,

Application filed April 2, 1906. Serial No. 309,342.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. NoLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing atl Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cabinets of anyl kinds of tools, while the drawers may contain nails, glue, sandpaper, and other things usedV in carpentering-work.

In theaccompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure l is a view in perspective of the cabinet closed. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the cabinet with the door of the compartment and all the drawers Fig. 3 is a plan view taken from the top of the part of the cabinet containing the drawers, showing the drawers opened to their fullest extent. Fig. 4 is a view of the side of the upper drawer, showing a modihcation of one of the features of my invention; and Fig. 5 is a view from the top of the lower drawer, showing a modification of one of the features of my invention.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The cabinet is triangular in form and adapted to be placed in the corner of a room. This is advantageous, as it economizes space. The cabinet is supported on three legs a, b, and c, c being the one attached to the rear of the cabinet which stands in the corner of the room. A toe d is made on the leg c and screwed to the iioor, thus preventing the cabinet from falling forward when'the drawers are opened in the manner hereinafter 4described.

The upper part of the cabinet consists of the 'compartment o, which contains hookson which various kinds of tools are hung. A door k is hinged at one side of the cabinet and closes this compartment. This compartment may be situated below the drawercompartment hereinafter described, if desired. Below this compartment are situated into the cabinet when they are closed. In front of these drawers swings the door p, which is also hinged at the side of the cabinet. The upper drawer g is made onto the door, so that when the door is opened the drawer will also be opened.

The drawer g has inserted about midway of its side which is nearest to the point where the door is hinged a pin m, which may be made of wood or metal, which extends downwardly, so that when said drawer is opened with the door this pin will as the drawer swings out engage the longest side of the middle drawer, which is also hinged at the side of the cabinet at i, and thus the middle drawer will be opened at the same time. The middle drawer f likewise is provided with a pin m at the corresponding point on its corresponding side, which pin also projects downwardly and will when the drawer is pulled out engage the longest side of the lower drawer, which is also hinged at the side' of the cabinet at h, so that the lower drawer will also open at the same time. It is obvious, therefore, that by merely opening the door of the drawer-compartment all three drawers will be opened at the same time to their fullest extent and all will be outside of the cabinet. The drawers will all likewise be closed at one time by closing the door.

In Figs. 4 and 5 another way is shown of attaching the engaging pin to the upper and middle drawer sand of having said engaging pin bear against the side of the drawer beneath the drawer to which it is attached, so that not even the smallest part of one of the lower drawers will be covered by the drawer above it. In these figures the pin m, which is preferably made of metal, is made in the form of a right angle, the horizontal arm being attached by screws or otherwise to the under side of the upper drawer and the vertical arm extending slightly out from the side of the drawer. The side of the lower drawer which is engaged by the pin is at the point of engagement scalloped out, as shown at n, so that the pin will engage in the recess. The engaging pins project downwardly from the bottoms of the drawers to which they are attached only a short distance, merely enough so that they will engage the sides of the lower drawers and not sufficiently to disturb any articles whiohunay be placed in the lower three drawers triangular in form, so as to fit i drawers.

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It is obvious that instead of having two doors one closing the tool-compartment and i the other closing the drawer-compartment there may be only one door, the upper half of which closes the tool-compartment and the lower half of which closes the drawer-compartment. It is also desirable to line the tool-compartment and the part of the door inclosing that compartment and also the drawers and the part of the door inclosing the drawer-compartment with any material which may be adapted to absorb moisture, and1 consequently prevent the rusting of the too s.

A cabinet such as described while specially adapted as a handy and convenient tool-cabinet may obviously be used for other purposes, either with the fan-like arrangement of drawers as described alone or with the combination of the fan-like drawers and the upper compartment. But little dust or dirt will accumulate behind the cabinet when it is closely set in the corner of the room, and it is only necessary to finish the front and top of the cabinet and is unnecessary to finish the two sides, as is usual in the case of an ordinary cabinet. manufacture.

This lessens the expense of Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*d v l. The combination, with a triangularshaped cabinet having an open front and a door hinged to one side thereof to close the front, of a drawer fixed to the inner side of the door, a drawer pivoted to the cabinet below the plane of said fixed drawer, and a pin or other suitable device projecting from the fixed drawer adapted to engage and swing the pivoted drawer as the door is being opened, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with. a triangularshaped cabinet having an open front and a door hinged to one side thereof to close the front, of a drawer fixed to the inner side of the door, a plurality of drawers pivoted to the cabinet, below each other and below the plane of said xed drawer, and a pin or other suitable device projecting from each drawer adapted to engage and swing the drawer below it as the door is being opened, substantially as described.

EDWARD M. NOLEN.

Witnesses:

HARRY H. BARNUM, MABEL RICHARDS. 

